SH. BARBER (SHMUEL BERBER) (b. 1881)
Born in Lask (Łask),
near Lodz, Poland, he was the son of a musician. He studied in religious elementary
school. In 1892 he came to the United
States. From 1903 he was living in
London, where he became a professional musician and also wrote dramas which
were performed: Der moderner shaylok (Modern Shylock), Der sod fun a
froy (A wife’s secret), Di frukht fun zind (The fruit of sin), Di
nekome fun a froy (A wife’s revenge), Di kraft fun yeytser hore (The
might of the evil inclination), and Milkhome-karbones (Victims of war).
Sources:
Z. Zilbertsvayg, Teater-leksikon, vol. 1; Morris Meyer, Yidisher
teater in London (Yiddish theater in London) (1942), p. 239.
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